Kernel

Ext4 filesystem

Linux Kernel Configuration: Kernel .config

File systems ---> <*> The Extended 4 (ext4) filesystem [*] Use ext4 for ext2/ext3 file systems [*] Ext4 extended attributes

GPT partitions

Linux Kernel Configuration: Kernel .config

-*- Enable the block layer ---> Partition Types ---> [*] EFI GUID Partition support

systemd

Linux Kernel Configuration: Kernel .config

General setup ---> [*] Control Group support ---> [*] Namespace cgroup subsystem [*] Freezer cgroup subsystem [*] Device controller for cgroups [*] Simple CPU accounting cgroup subsystem [*] Group CPU scheduler ---> [*] Group scheduling for SCHED_OTHER <*> Block IO controller Device Drivers ---> Generic Driver Options ---> [*] Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev [*] Automount devtmpfs at /dev, after the kernel mounted the rootfs File systems ---> [*] Filesystem wide access notification [*] fanotify permissions checking < > Kernel automounter support <*> Kernel automounter version 4 support (also supports v3) Pseudo filesystems -*- Tmpfs virtual memory file system support (former shm fs) Security options ---> [*] Enable different security models

udev

Linux Kernel Configuration: Kernel .config

Device Drivers ---> Generic Driver Options ---> [*] Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev [*] Automount devtmpfs at /dev, after the kernel mounted the rootfs File systems ---> Pseudo filesystems -*- Tmpfs virtual memory file system support (former shm fs)

udisks2

Linux Kernel Configuration: Kernel .config

General setup ---> [*] Support for paging of anonymous memory (swap) Device Drivers ---> [*] USB support ---> [*] USB runtime power management (autosuspend) and wakeup File systems ---> Pseudo filesystems -*- Tmpfs virtual memory file system support (former shm fs) [*] Tmpfs POSIX Access Control Lists

libvirt

Linux Kernel Configuration: Kernel .config

[*] Networking support ---> Networking options ---> [*] Advanced netfilter configuration [*] Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter) ---> Core Netfilter Configuration ---> <*> CHECKSUM target support [*] Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter) ---> <*> Ethernet Bridge tables (ebtables) support ---> Linux Containers virtualisation support: General setup ---> [*] POSIX Message Queues -*- Control Group support ---> [*] Freezer cgroup subsystem [*] Device controller for cgroups [*] Cpuset support [*] Simple CPU accounting cgroup subsystem [*] Resource counters [*] Memory Resource Controller for Control Groups -*- Group CPU scheduler ---> <*> Block IO controller -*- Namespaces support ---> [*] UTS namespace [*] IPC namespace [*] User namespace (EXPERIMENTAL) [*] PID Namespaces [*] Network namespace Device Drivers ---> Character devices ---> -*- Unix98 PTY support [*] Support multiple instances of devpts Device Drivers ---> [*] Network device support ---> [*] Network core driver support <*> MAC-VLAN support (EXPERIMENTAL) <*> Virtual ethernet pair device MAC-based TAP (macvlan/macvtap) for networking instead of the normal TUN/TAP: Device Drivers ---> [*] Network device support ---> [*] Network core driver support <*> MAC-VLAN support (EXPERIMENTAL) <*> MAC-VLAN based tap driver (EXPERIMENTAL)

KVM host

Linux Kernel Configuration: Kernel .config

[*] Networking support ---> Networking options ---> <*> 802.1d Ethernet Bridging Device Drivers ---> [*] Network device support ---> [*] Network core driver support <*> Universal TUN/TAP device driver support [*] Virtualization ---> <*> Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support <*> KVM for Intel processors support < > KVM for AMD processors support <*> Host kernel accelerator for virtio net (EXPERIMENTAL) [http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/How_to_assign_devices_with_VT-d_in_KVM

open-vm-tools

VMware ESXi guest

Linux Kernel Configuration: Kernel .config

Device Drivers ---> Misc devices ---> <*> VMware Balloon Driver SCSI device support ---> [*] SCSI low-level drivers ---> <*> VMware PVSCSI driver support [*] Network device support ---> <*> VMware VMXNET3 ethernet driver Graphics support ---> <*> Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support) ---> <*> DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU